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anniversaries december
December 7
Our Lady of Lourdes, San Antonio, Texas, USA
The Oblates of Mary Immaculate dedicated the Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto
of the Southwest on December 7, 1941, a date more famous for the bombing
of Pearl Harbor. Carved of stone, the grotto is a replica of the place in
France where Mary appeared to St. Bernadette in 1858. The Oblates, a
Catholic order of priests and brothers devoted to serving the poor,
maintain the grotto as a focus for their lay group, the Missionary
Association. In 1999 they added a Tepeyac Shrine to Our Lady of Guadalupe
at the site, and in 2003 a Ministry Center. The Oblate School of Theology
is nearby. (Picture and information from www.oblatemissions.org.)
Also commemorated this date:
 | Vigil of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, Catholic Church |
| Nossa Senhora da Graça, Cavaco, Angola |
| Inmaculada Concepción, La Unión, La Unión, El Salvador |
| Sainte Marie des Batignolles, Paris, France. Patronal fête. |
| Madonna degli Ospedalieri, Imola, Bologna, Emilia Romagna, Italy.
New statue inaugurated in the chapel of Santa Maria della Scaletta
Hospital, 2006. |
| Madonna del Divino Amore, Rome, Italy. Night pilgrimage. |
| Madonna del Latte Dolce, Sassari, Sardinia, Italy. Painting crowned,
1958. |
| Inmaculada Concepción de Maria, Léon, Nicaragua. Gritería. |
| Immaculate Conception, Manila, Philippines. New cathedral
consecrated, 1958. |
| Virgen de las Angustias, Villatuelda, Burgos, Castile and León,
Spain |
| Nuestra Señora de la Caridad del Cobre, Guamache, Margarita,
Venezuela |
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